In Warrington, we're fully committed to providing you with the support you need to make the transition to adult life. your care leaver status is a protected characteristic

The local offer details the support you can expect from us and our partner agencies at every stage of your journey.

There are also local and national services who can offer advice and support, depending on your individual needs.

The care experienced team is based at Time Square. A Personal Advisor is on duty Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm. You can call on 01925 446257 or email careleaverduty@warrington.gov.uk.

Our living well hub is available to all care-experienced young people on a Thursday between 2pm and 5pm.

This is located at 26-30 Horsemarket St, Warrington WA1 1XL. The hub offers an open door drop in where you can access a personal advisor and other support including career support, access to Department for Working Pensions and housing support. There are different events also taking place throughout the year.

Find out more about the Living Well Hub

Corporate parenting

The government has introduced a set of ‘corporate parenting principles’. We will always try to meet these, and we promise to:

• Act in the best interests of care leavers and promote your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Encourage you to express your wishes and feelings
• Take into account your views, wishes and feelings when completing your Pathway Plan and designing services to offer support.
• Help you to gain access to and make best use of services provided by both the local authority and other relevant partner agencies.
• Promote high aspirations and seek to secure the best outcomes for care leavers.
• Strive to ensure that you are safe and have stability in your home life, relationships, education and/or work.
• Strive to prepare you for adulthood and independent living.

Leaving care strategy

Having a strategy for children in care is important as it sets out what needs to be done and encourages professionals to work together and put the child or young person at the centre of what they do.

We provide appropriate support to children, young people and their families, however we need to work with our partners to keep improving our services so that children in care and care leavers have the best possible opportunities.

This strategy will help them to do this.